Think about bringing in a consultant or designer to view the site in person, discuss your needs and come up with some solutions.

We are more diy and trying to save to build, so would love the comments from knowledgeable and creative houzzers first. Thanks though!

The simplicity of your house gives it immense charm. I love it. So I would keep the landscaping very simple -- height on the left (research eventual size before choosing a tree), four iceberg roses and some evergreens on the right -- and drape a few beautiful creepers over the fence. I've given you a wisteria -- I suspect they might do well in Denver. You might want to combine it with something that flowers in summer on the other side.

Incidentally, I originally used only one iceberg, next to the tree, and left the rest of the front bare -- I liked it like that, but I suspect you might want a bit more.

Oh yes and I moved your entrance light to the other side of the door where it doesn't look so cramped.

I like Rina's concept. Check with a local nursery about appropriate plants and the amount of upkeep. It is good to have a mix of material, well mulched.

I would stain the fence a darker color. It dominates the view. If that is a circular type driveway, put a nice bed on the front side to help frame the front view. I suspect this house had a front porch at some point. The flat front is odd. Tall evergreen at left corner away from house enough to allow for growth. Unstructured plant material with growth potential in front of flat brick side. Maybe an arbor in front of that side might help.

House is too small to have any tall evergreen - or any other large trees - nearby. In fact the unattractively bare bottomed Colorado spruce that is already there should really be removed as it is out of scale with the house, makes it look like a gatehouse.

Unless the whole big empty space around the house is planted up with trees so that it then appears as a cottage in a forest. Or a larger estate. But the way it is now with lawn all around it and then one tree of some size right in front of it the house is dwarfed by the tree.